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3 days ago · Niagara Cave is the largest limestone cave in the Midwest, with a maximum depth of 200 feet and a vertical relief of about 150 feet. An interior passageway extends for 1,750 feet past striking geological features, including a gorge (the Grand Canyon), a limestone island (the Battleship), and a rounded concave ceiling (Cathedral Dome).
4 days ago · Photograph by Paul Nelson. Morton gneiss (pronounced “nice”), named for the town in Renville County where it has been quarried, is one of the oldest stones on the planet: about 3.5 billion years old. It is known for its beauty as an ornamental stone in buildings and monuments. The rock known as Morton gneiss started out as a gray granite ...
2 days ago · CC BY 2.0. In 1879, lumber baron T. B. Walker invited the public into his downtown Minneapolis home to view his art collection. Over the next century, that collection evolved into the Walker Art Center, a world-renowned site for challenging work by innovative artists, including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Yoko Ono, and Kara Walker. In 1874 ...
3 days ago · Join us for an exclusive appointment only experience with our stylists on the Sunshine Coast. This is your opportunity to sit with our stylist to design your custom tailored garments in person, and experience what makes THEODORE the brand you love. Whether you are a groom looking for your wedding party, or looking to refresh your work wardrobe ...
6 days ago · The late Theodore W. Case, a respected inventor and millionaire from Central New York, sold his sound-on-film patent in 1926 to Fox Film Corp., now known as 20th Century-Fox.
5 days ago · A tradition that dates back to 1960. The first televised presidential debates, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960, occurred in television studios with no live audience present ...
3 days ago · Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt started on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley, and ended on March 4, 1909. Roosevelt had been the vice president for only 194 days when he succeeded to the presidency.
